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forced portion

forced portion : legitime

Legitimatize

To legitimate

Mulieratus

Mulieratus, a legitimate son, Glanv.

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Bastard

in 1235. See MERTON, STATUTE OF. The law of England remained thus for nearly 700 years, until the Legitimacy Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 60), legitimated a child born out of wedlock upon the

Tail

the heirs are to proceed, or the person by whom they are to be begotten. By the (English) Legitimacy Act, 1926, s. 3, in tracing descents under entailed interests created after the date of legitimation, a legitimated

filiation

[used to help prove in a paternity suit "LeBlanc v. LeBlanc, 427 So. 2d 1361 (1986)"] see also legitimate filiation compare acknowledgment, paternity NOTE: The Louisiana Supreme Court has held that children not entitled to legitimate filiation

Maintenance

kinsman, servant, or poor neighbour, out of charity and compassion, with impunity, Bac. Abr., tit. 'Maintenance.' Further, any legitimate common interest will justify a person or persons jointly subscribing to pay the expenses of a suit, even

Marriage

parties, being incompetent to marry in England, have not married abroad to evade those restrictions. As to children, legitimated 'per subsequens matrimonium,' the English law did not, before the Legitimacy Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5,

Scots law

points from the English, as by assuring a man's widow and children two-thirds of his personal property (see LEGITIM), and by the legitimation of children born before marriage (see LEGITIMATION).

Son or daughter of such female

such female, the son or daughter of a male vendor referred to in s. 15(1) only means the legitimate issue of the vendor. The words son or daughter mean only a legitimate son and a legitimate daughter

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